Comic Shop Spotlight: Hurley's Heroes
May 16, 2016
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Hurley's Heroes in Springfield, Missouri
OWNER: Nathan Hurley
MANAGER: Jason A. Hurley
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS: 1
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 4
YEAR OPENED: 209
STORE SIZE (square feet): 1,800
Favorite Recent Comic Book: Doctor Strange
How was your Halloween ComicFest event? The mini packs are popular with our customers for use at home.
What has been your best promotion or event? Free Comic Book Day
What recent changes have you made in the store? We expanded our Magic the Gathering singles that we offer and are promoting many more gaming events than we did previously. We also have a comics and cocktails graphic novel club at Infusion, a local pub, where they serve custom drinks inspired by the book selection.
What are your plans for the near future? We plan to continue doing what we do as well as we can.
How did you choose your store name? About 20 years ago while in the seventh grade I was doing a study for class about running my own business and that was name I used, so the name was just lying in wait.
What superpower would you most like to have? Invisibility.
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Games and an area to play them |
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Manager and comic writer (Image Comics’ Beauty) Jason A. Hurley |
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New Comics |
Dollar Comic Area |
Image Comics Highlighted |
Seemingly endless wall of comics |
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